Simple Past Tense

Mere som dette

Suffixes

af Ines Aulla

PAST SIMPLE Versus PRESENT PERFECT

af Gerarda Pellegrino

Verb patterns with ING or INFINITIVE _ Annika Schricker

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noun, verbs, adjectives, adverbs

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SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Structure

Subject + Verb in past form + complement + specific time (yesterday, # days ago).

I played videogames yesterday.

Simple past is used to describe an action that occured and was completed in the past.

Irregual Verbs

There's no an specific rule for irregular verbs you have to memorize them.

Regular Verbs

When the verb ends in -e you only have to put -d

hope ----> hoped

when the verb ends in -y you have to change the -y for -i and add -ed.

cry ----> cried

dirty ----> dirtied

you have to add -ed to the base form of the verb.

E.g

Work ----> Worked

Watch ----> Watched

What did you do yestarday?